Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Wood Street, Waltham Forest

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Wood Street, Waltham Forest, Greater London

We have used the 8 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Wood Street, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Waltham Forest. We have combined these statitics into an English ward level, as most people are familiar with this geospacial area in their town or city. Here are those 8 marked on a map:

Each area has its own decile score. This is where each LSOA in England is ranked according to the level of deprivation and split into 10 equal groups. A decile score of 1 means the area is in the top 10% of deprived areas, 2 is equal to the top 20% and so forth. To simply these scores and apply them to a ward, we have created the iLiveHere rating. This takes the average decile score of all the LSOAs in a ward and converts that into a rating out of 10, where 1 is the best and 10 is the worst. We have then used to traffic light colour system as an at-a-glance reference. As you scroll down this page, the more red ratings you see, the more deprived Wood Street is. Indices of Deprivation statistics and are broken down into domains of deprivation or more simply, categories. These category scores are combined using a percentage weighting to give a an LSOA its final indices of deprivation score, decile and rank:

  • Income Deprivation (22.5%)
  • Employment Deprivation (22.5%)
  • Education, Skills and Training Deprivation (13.5%)
  • Health Deprivation and Disability (13.5%)
  • Crime (9.3%)
  • Barriers to Housing and Services (9.3%)
  • Living Environment Deprivation (9.3%)
Below we have split the Living Environment Deprivation category into its sub-categories. We think having individual iLiveHere ratings for Inside Environment and Outside Environment provides a better insight to the housing quality and outside space in Wood Street. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Wood Street

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Wood Street. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Waltham Forest.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Waltham Forest 013D 39.486 4431/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 013C 37.506 5047/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 013E 34.263 6157/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 013F 32.772 6772/32,844 3
Waltham Forest 015D 29.626 8188/32,844 3
Waltham Forest 015B 18.111 16047/32,844 5
Waltham Forest 015E 17.863 16258/32,844 5
Waltham Forest 015C 14.801 19125/32,844 6

Income Deprivation in Wood Street

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Wood Street. The definition of low income the government uses to compile these statistics includes those who are out-of-work (for any reason, not just unemployment) and those that are in work but satisfy the IMD means tests. In the real world, this means they may qualify for means tested benefits such as Universal Credit or legacy benefits such as Working Tax Credits. You should not to assume that this rating is an indicator of overall poverty in this ward.
LSOA Name Income Score Income Rank (England) Income Decile
Waltham Forest 013C 0.271 3173/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 013D 0.264 3438/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 013F 0.208 6187/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 015D 0.197 6853/32,844 3
Waltham Forest 013E 0.173 8584/32,844 3
Waltham Forest 015B 0.113 14524/32,844 5
Waltham Forest 015C 0.101 16109/32,844 5
Waltham Forest 015E 0.085 18667/32,844 6

Employment Deprivation in Wood Street

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Wood Street who are excluded from the jobs market. These are people who are involuntarily deprived of work. The IMD domains include people who are unemployment, those who are sick or disabled, and carers. Since the government no longer publishes percentage figures for unemployment after the introduction of Universal Credit, his is now the only reliable indictor of joblessness in this ward. The higher the iLiveHere rating, the harder it could be to get work.
LSOA Name Employment Score Employment Rank (England) Employment Decile
Waltham Forest 013D 0.184 4087/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 013C 0.152 6381/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 013E 0.126 8997/32,844 3
Waltham Forest 013F 0.111 10888/32,844 4
Waltham Forest 015D 0.109 11210/32,844 4
Waltham Forest 015B 0.081 16197/32,844 5
Waltham Forest 015E 0.058 22110/32,844 7
Waltham Forest 015C 0.054 23409/32,844 8

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Wood Street

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Wood Street population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (18608/32,844) in Wood Street is more than the adult average rank (16055/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Waltham Forest 013E 26.004 10321/32,844 4
Waltham Forest 013C 25.599 10520/32,844 4
Waltham Forest 013D 23.548 11592/32,844 4
Waltham Forest 013F 15.444 17021/32,844 6
Waltham Forest 015D 14.844 17465/32,844 6
Waltham Forest 015E 9.203 22659/32,844 7
Waltham Forest 015B 7.706 24237/32,844 8
Waltham Forest 015C 6.302 25838/32,844 8

Health Deprivation and Disability in Wood Street

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is indictor of the risk of dying prematurely or having your quality of life impaired through poor physical or mental health in Wood Street. The IMD domain measures morbidity, disability and premature mortality. However, it does not take into consideration but personal behaviour or environmental factors that may be predictive of future health problems. See Outdoor Deprivation for depivation that includes environmental factors such as local pullution levels.
LSOA Name Health Score Health Rank (England) Health Decile
Waltham Forest 013F 0.17 13469/32,844 5
Waltham Forest 013C 0.161 13591/32,844 5
Waltham Forest 013D 0.139 13897/32,844 5
Waltham Forest 013E 0.104 14449/32,844 5
Waltham Forest 015D 0.096 14583/32,844 5
Waltham Forest 015B -0.07 17088/32,844 6
Waltham Forest 015C -0.28 20347/32,844 7
Waltham Forest 015E -0.588 24560/32,844 8

Crime Deprivation in Wood Street

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Wood Street. In policing statistics, this is known as 'street level crime' and includes offences such as robbery, burglary and other personal violent crime.
LSOA Name Crime Score Crime Rank (England) Crime Decile
Waltham Forest 013E 1.028 3314/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 013C 0.757 5864/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 013F 0.601 7742/32,844 3
Waltham Forest 015E 0.42 10169/32,844 4
Waltham Forest 013D 0.36 11009/32,844 4
Waltham Forest 015C -0.017 16956/32,844 6
Waltham Forest 015D -0.097 18096/32,844 6
Waltham Forest 015B -0.232 20098/32,844 7

There were 0 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Wood Street in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Wood Street

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Wood Street. I bad rating in an urban area indicates how unaffordable the housing could be. A bad rating in a rural area is an indicator of the absense of local services.
LSOA Name Barriers Score Barriers Rank (England) Barriers Decile
Waltham Forest 013D 49.269 418/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 015D 42.758 1476/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 013C 42.565 1526/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 013F 40.118 2152/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 013E 39.361 2388/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 015E 37.992 2838/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 015B 27.235 9044/32,844 3
Waltham Forest 015C 25.677 10485/32,844 4

Inside Environment Deprivation in Wood Street

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Wood Street. A bad rating in an equally income deprived ward, could be because of poorly maintained rented accomodation. A bad rating in a non income deprived area, could be because the small size of housing in relation to costs.
LSOA Name Inside Score Inside Rank (England) Inside Decile
Waltham Forest 013F 1.06 3406/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 013E 0.835 5321/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 015D 0.588 8073/32,844 3
Waltham Forest 015B 0.479 9479/32,844 3
Waltham Forest 015C 0.426 10165/32,844 4
Waltham Forest 015E 0.273 12239/32,844 4
Waltham Forest 013C -0.234 20152/32,844 7
Waltham Forest 013D -0.426 22905/32,844 7

Outside Environment Deprivation in Wood Street

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Wood Street. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA Name Outside Score Outside (England) Outside Decile
Waltham Forest 015D 1.522 1547/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 015E 1.465 1746/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 013D 1.325 2311/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 013E 1.293 2469/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 015B 1.278 2555/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 015C 1.218 2848/32,844 1
Waltham Forest 013F 1.124 3357/32,844 2
Waltham Forest 013C 1.12 3379/32,844 2

Disclaimer: Although every care has been taken to make sure there are no mistakes in the data presented on this page, you should verify these figures with the official data source.